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IMO for Green Tide the base of the list is 3 Boy units with 20 boys lead by a Warboss and Painboy.  After that I have 2 or 3 more 20 strong Boy units.  The rest of the list is Stormboys, Gretchen for actions and Snikrot as the lone operative.   If you want you could bring MSU Nobz to move up with the Boys for killing power.    Board control is crazy strong with the list and the regen on Ork Boy make it feel like fighting Necrons.  

@sitnam Thanks for that- developing this story through gameplay is the entire point for me; it does make some stuff hard to write though; I ended up generating 200 Territories in order to be able to write my article, and you'll be able to see the role playing potential in it. As part of the project, I created a new detachment, which means 4 enhancements; two of these will only be available for use after particular story events occur.   Okay, so I've finished almost everything. I need to finish two more datacards for new units: Thresher Command and Thresher Militia Cell. I also need to design the template for index card backs and complete the backs for all 4 of the units I've designed. And then I'm going to do a bit of teaser text to set up my challenge 3 Battle Report. I'd also like to try and use AI to generate a bit of art for the article- it's pretty "Wall of Text." I will also put this through some formatting once I finilaze the draft text- the datachment rules should be done up as a card set.   What I am about to post comes to 2980 words, and it doesn't include any of the datacards or the Batrep Prelude.    Anyway, here's my draft:   Order Datafile: The Sisters of Saint Katherine’s Aegis   Order Identification: Order of the Fiery Heart Organisational Structure: Mission Location: Segmentum Pacificus, Desdaemona System, Orison’s Wake   Mission Commander: Cannoness Ailia Lavalle Primary Fortifications: The Chapel of Saint Katherine’s Aegis, Aegis City         The Chapel of the Grain Maiden’s Prayer, Xerastor   Order History:   Discovery of the Desdaemona System   The Desdaemona system lies on the Western fringe of Segmentum Pacificus. In the years following the Heresy, an Explorator Fleet of the Adeptus Mechanicus discovered a stable warp corridor at the edge of known space- a corridor which had an exit point beyond the boundaries of the Imperium into a star system of three habitable planets, rich with untapped resources. The Mechanicus established a relay station to mark the warp route, and over two Millennia, the Imperium began colonisation of the system. This began with the largest of the system’s three habitable planets- Desdaemona Prime. During the first wave of colonisation, the resources of this planet alone were sufficient to maintain the population, but over time, it was determined that the political centre of the system should be located off-world on the smaller and more defensible planet Miranda Regent.    Desdaemona Prime grew to a great Hive world, exporting citizens across the system to extract resources from less habitable planetoids, to build orbital infrastructure and defences and finally to tithe and trade with the monolithic Imperium. Orison’s Wake, the final habitable world in-system, was colonised and designated as an agriworld to feed both the constant growth of Desdaemona Prime and the political elites of Miranda Regent.   The Age of Apostasy   At the peak of the Reign of Blood, the tyrant Goge Vandire sent vast fleets of Frateris Templar on unholy crusades of conquest and slaughter. One such fleet, destined for the naval base at Hydraphur, was sent lightyears rimward in the Empyrean turmoil common to the era. When the fleet emerged from the phenomenon, they were close enough to detect the Mechanicus beacon that marked the Desdaemona warp corridor.   Reconnaissance vessels emerged and quickly cut off the isolated outpost of Echo Station, extracting intel from the captured traders to assist Vandire’s Frateris Templar fleet with the conquest and subjugation of the Desdaemona system. Once the full battery of the Heretic fleet arrived, the battle was quick and decisive. Vandire’s forces destroyed Military assets that were too distant or isolated to be centrally controlled and captured the rest.   Over the decades of Vandire’s rule, the Desdaemona system was twisted to a shadow of its former self- at Desdaemona Prime, those who refused to submit to the depravity of their captors were burned by the thousands; Miranda Regent’s palaces and mansions were occupied by the senior officers of the fleet and the most brutal of the warlords who commanded the ground forces. The agricultural rites of sparsely populated Orison’s Wake were twisted into perverse fertility rituals, contaminating the food supply for the entire system with the taint of chaos.   When Alicia Dominica finally took Vandire’s head, the reformation efforts spread outward from Terra along the most stable warp routes. But even along those corridors, systems were claimed based on the value of their assets, leaving the far edge of Pacificus to the continued depredations of chaos for solar decades after Vandire's defeat. The Desdaemona System continued to suffer until fate brought the Crusade fleet of Saint Katherine’s Fiery Heart to Hydraphur.   As Katherine’s flagship approached the naval base, she was afflicted with visions of the suffering of Desdaemona’s faithful. Katherine attempted to follow through with her responsibilities to reinforce the fleet at Hydrafur, but the visions persisted, and in the end she put her trust in the wisdom of the Emperor, taking her flagship and a handful of escort ships west to the Mechincus relay station and ultimately, the Desdaemona system beyond.   Vandire’s forces had become complacent after breaking the system, and they did not anticipate Katherine’s holy wrath. The system was reclaimed in less than a solar year. As Katherine’s fleet launched surprise raids against docking facilities, orbital defences and vital ground fortifications, loyal Imperial citizens of Desdaemona Prime found the courage to unpack hidden weapon caches, maintained from the early days of the Chaos invasion in support of their liberators. On Orison’s Wake, a Thresher woman known only as the Grain Maiden united the Thresher Houses  to overthrow the shadowy advisors who had encouraged the corruption of ancient rituals.    The Reconstruction   Following the liberation, Saint Katherine continued her involvement with the  Desdaemona System to ensure an effective reconstruction. First, she restored any of the elites who had escaped the purge of Miranda Regent to oversee the appointment of a new governor and the restoration of the Imperial tithe. Katherine assembled the rebel militias of Desdaemona Prime into the First Desdaemonian Primals with additional resources from the Imperium. At Orison’s Wake, she oversaw the construction and consecration of the Chapel of Saint Katherine’s Aegis; she established a Commandery of the Fiery Heart, and she had the Grain Maiden sanctified as an Imperial Saint for her role in the purification of the system’s food supply. She oversaw the repair and augmentation of orbital facilities around Miranda Regent into a dynamic ring known as Sycorax Delta. Finally, she oversaw the assembly of the Consecration Crusade fleet, which included ships from her own fleet.   Katherine’s involvement in the restoration, however, was on borrowed time.The Reign of Blood was over, but the Plague of Unbelief was about to begin, and Katherine was needed at Hydrafour on a more permanent basis. Cardinal Buchariss had begun to push out from Gathalamor, and the fleet was on high alert.   When Katherine finally emerged at the relay station, a large Heretic Fleet was detected at the outer limit of long range sensors. Knowing that she was out gunned, and that the Desdaemona system would be vulnerable, Katherine made a critical decision. After a hasty evacuation, she detonated the relay station to conceal the passage to the Desdaemona System, and baited the Heretic Fleet back to Hydraphur where Imperial Reinforcements were able to outflank and cut off the enemy’s line of retreat, crushing them in a brutal pincer attack.   Katherine had always intended to return and re-establish contact with the Desdaemona system, but the Plague of Unbelief turned out to be a larger threat than anyone had anticipated.  The fleet that Katherine defeated at Hydrafur was only the first of many, and the Fiery Heart was deployed in ground invasions across the sector and beyond. Katherine herself was martyred at the hands of the Witch Cult of Mnestteus before she could complete the pilgrimage, leaving the Desdaemona system isolated for five Solar Millennia.   The Stillness   Desdaemonians refer to the era following Katherine’s departure as the Stillness. For a century or more, the citizens maintained hope that Katherine would return to reestablish a connection with the larger Imperium. In time, however, that hope faded. While Katherine continued to be regarded as a liberator, living memory of her faded, and the Chapel of Saint Katherine’s Aegis attracted fewer and fewer pilgrims from the other inhabited planets in the system. Without new recruits from the Convents at Terra and Ophelia VII, it was determined that many of the resources deployed at Orison’s Wake would be better used on Desdaemona Prime, where they could recruit and train new Sisters from the larger population.   As the Sisters of Saint Katherine’s Aegis saw their forces redeployed, they were promised that in time, recruits from Desdaemona Prime would be sent back to replace the losses. Instead, many of the recruiting Missions consolidated to form a Commandery of their own, while the Sisters of Saint Katherine’s Aegis saw their once proud Commandery reduced to a mere Mission- a shadow of the force once celebrated and blessed by Katherine herself. In time, Sisters of the Aegis began to distrust the Commandery at Desdaemona Prime.   What was sent from Desdaemona Prime were the 17th, 25th and 33rd Regiments of Desdaemonian Primals, as well as a Precinct 13 of the Adeptus Arbites, placing local authority in the hands of other Imperial forces, further diminishing the role the Sisters of Saint Katherine’s Aegis once played in maintaining order. Over time, the Sisters were left with no choice but to work with their allies in House Kronar to establish Schola Progenium territories in the settlements to plant the seeds for local recruitment. In addition to recruiting from the children of the Imperial forces stationed at Orison’s Wake, these facilities recruit the most promising children of the Thresher Houses.   The Sisters of Saint Katherine’s Aegis   Due to their long separation from the Imperium, the Sisters of Saint Katherine’s Aegis retain their ancient connection to the Order of the Fiery Heart- they never experienced the Martyrdom of their Matron Saint, avoiding the grief that transformed their coreward sisters into the Order of Our Martyred Lady. In the Desdaemona system, there is no cult of martyrdom within the sisterhood; Katherine is remembered as an impetuous, living warrior saint. On the battlefield, their strategy and technique is closer to the Daughters of the Emperor than the Adepta Sororitas- they strive to incorporate the holy trinity of bolter, meltagun and flamer into as many of their units as possible.   While the Commandery at Desdaemona Prime and the Mission at Orison’s Wake belong to the same Order, the Orisonborn see themselves as separate from their Desdaemonian Sisters. They work closely with the Thresher militia of House Kronar and the Death Cult known as the Grain Maiden’s Rage. These allies are particularly powerful during the equinox festivals associated with the planting and harvesting seasons, when the Death Cultists are occasionally accompanied by a living embodiment of the Grain Maiden herself.    The Orisonborn always treat their Sisters of the Fiery Heart with respect, but they are accustomed to conducting themselves without input or interference from the Commandery of the Fiery Heart. In recent years, this has led to tension within the Mission after Palatine Ailia Lavalle was sent to Orison’s Wake with a bodyguard of Sacressants and a unit of Seraphim to reinforce the Mission.    Mission Assets and the Distribution of Forces   The landmass of Orison’s Wake consists of two large continents and a few scattered islands too small to support agriculture. The larger continent, Farrow, is home to the planetary capital, Aegis City, named for the Chapel of Saint Katherine’s Aegis, which lies at the heart of the city. In addition to the capital, Farrow boasts four settlements. The Mission has a secondary shrine in the settlement of Thraxa, which is maintained with the support of the Threshers of House Kronar. Finally, a tertiary shrine in the settlement of Talla supports an Imperial Medicae facility. The Mission has no assets in the remaining settlements, Krannick and Varga.   Palatine Ailia Lavalle was recently sent to the Chapel of Saint Katherine’s Aegis by the Fiery Heart Commandery, along with a Sacressant Bodyguard and a unit of Seraphim. Lavalle would serve under Canoness Jalissa Kronar, a weathered and wizened Orisonborn, known to her Sisters and congregants as the Reverend Mother. Lavalle would earn the respect of her new sisters in a vicious campaign against Drukhari raiders in the continental northwest on the far side of Thraxa. The victory, however, was bittersweet; during the final battle, the Reverend Mother was infected with a virulent poison, and while she was able to walk unassisted from the battle, she succumbed to the infection three days later.   It was assumed that Orisonborn Palatine Lauriel Syrinx would be promoted to Canoness and that Palatine Lavalle would assume her position as the senior Sister stationed on the second continent, Lodi. Instead, the Commandery at Desdaemona Prime promoted Lavalle and installed her as the Canoness of Saint Katherine’s Aegis. While Ailia had proven her worth in battle and none would ever question her loyalty to the Emperor or the Sisterhood, there were many who felt that the position of Canoness was better suited to an Orisonborn daughter of the Grain Maiden’s blessing.   The Sisters stationed on Lodi are all native daughters of Orison’s Wake. The Chapel of the Grain Maiden’s Prayer, located in the settlement of Xerastor, rivals the size of its sister chapel in Aegis City, but much of it sits upon land owned by the Threshers of House Kronar. It supports and is in turn supported by a Progenium Facility as well as a Penitentiary. The settlement of Miro is home to a secondary shrine, maintained by a Preacher and a unit of Arcoflagellants. The Sisterhood has no assets in the remaining territories, Theryll and Ranx.   Optional Rules   The following optional rules can be used to represent the Sisters of Saint Katherine’s Aegis. Any model in an army of Saint Katherine’s Aegis can be given the Orisonborn Keyword; only Orisonborn Characters can lead Assassins of the Grain Maiden’s Rage or Thresher units.   Detachment Rule: Harvester of Sorrow   Saint Katherine instilled in her Order of the Fiery Heart a reverence for the Holy Trinity of Bolter, Flamer and Melta. The Sisters of Saint Katherines Aegis see the heat beams of the melta as the scythes which reap the harvest.   Each time a unit with this ability makes an attack with a melta weapon, the target of that attack is considered to be in half range for the purposes of that weapon’s abilities if: The weapon has the pistol or assault trait The weapon has the Heavy trait and the target is with 18” of the firing model   Strategems:   Cleansed by Fire (2 CP) Harvester of Sorrow- Battle Tactic Strategem When: Your shooting phase. Target: One Adepta Sororitas unit that has been selected to make a shooting attack. Effect: When that unit makes an attack, do not roll to determine the number of attacks; instead, that weapon automatically make the maximum number of attacks.   A Moment of Grace (1 CP) Harvester of Sorrow- Epic Deed Strategem When: Any phase. Target: One Adepta Sororitas unit that has just made a hit, wound or save roll. Effect: The unit may discard one or two Miracle Dice: add +1 to that roll for each Miracle Dice discarded.   Faith and Fury (1 CP) Harvester of Sorrow- Strategic Ploy Strategem When: Shooting phase or fight phase. Target: One Adepta Sororitas unit that has just used an Act of Faith for a shooting or melee attack. Effect: That unit may immediately use that Miracle Dice for the wound roll. This does not count as an additional Act of Faith.   Judgement of the Faithful (1 CP) Harvester of Sorrow- Strategic Ploy Strategem When: Movement Phase. Target: One Adepta Sororitas unit that has made a fallback move. Effect: That unit may make a shooting attack even though it made a fallback move.   Holy Trinity (1 CP) Harvester of Sorrow- Wargear Strategem When: Your shooting phase. Target: One Adeptus Sororitas unit that has been selected to make a shooting attack. Effect: The attacking unit can only target one enemy unit that is visible to and within range of at least one of the attacking unit’s bolt weapons, melta weapons and flame weapons; each hit with these weapons receives +1 to wound.   Daughters of the Aegis (1 CP) Harvester of Sorrow- Strategic Ploy Strategem When: Enemy shooting or fight phase. Target: One Adepta Sororitas unit that has been chosen as the target of a shooting or melee attack. Effect: Until the end of the phase, each time this unit is hit by an attack with AP 1, that attack is considered to be AP 0.   Enhancements:   The Grainmaiden’s Resolve During the uprising against Vandire’s forces, a Thresher woman known only as the Grain Maiden rose up to lead the Threshers against the forces that had corrupted their agricultural rituals. It was said that with her intimate knowledge of the land, the Grain Maiden could appear anywhere.   Orisonborn Adepta Sororitas character model only. This model and any Assassins of the Grain Maiden’s Rage or Thresher unit that she is attached to gain the infiltrate ability. If this model’s retinue is destroyed, the model gains the lone operative ability. Note: this enhancement can not be used in games which include a Host of the Grain Maiden model.   The Warscythe of Orison’s Wake This sacred weapon was used by the Grain Maiden in the final battle with the sorcerous cabal responsible for the subversion of the agricultural rituals of the Thresher Houses.   Orisonborn Adepta Sororitas character model only. The bearer of this weapon may make 5 AP-3 D-2 attacks; if this unit attacks during a turn in which it charged, this weapon inflicts an additional mortal wound. This weapon may not be used during a turn in which the bearer attacked with another weapon.   Saint Katherine’s Aegis While the Praesidium Protectiva carried to battle in the Triumph of Saint Katherine is a true Praesidium, it is not the shield that Katherine carried into battle on behalf of Alicia Dominica. Prior to her departure from the Desdaemona system, Katherine hid the true Aegis beneath the Chapel that bears its name, where it has remained for five thousand years. Upon her return to Hydrafur to face the fleet of Cardinal Bucharis, Katherine adopted the Praesidium that currently travels with the Triumph.   Adepta Sororitas model only. This shield confers a 4+ Invulnerable save to the bearer’s unit. If every model in the bearer’s unit has the Orisonborn keyword, that unit is additionally assumed to automatically pass any battleshock test it is required to make.   Condemnor of the Hereticus This mastercrafted condemnor boltgun is granted to the Sister who serves in the capacity of Inquisitorial Liaison. In addition to its martial functions, this weapon serves as a badge of honour, and it is a reminder that the Eye of the Emperor is always watching.   Adepta Sororitas model equipped with a Condemnor Boltgun. That weapons type is changed to assault, and the weapon receives +1 Attack, +1 Strength, + 2 AP, and +1 Damage.      

A little freehand WIP for this one off that I did in parallel with the last batch of models. Need to make it white now that the shape is roughly correct.    Lots of points if you can guess the chapter from the symbol alone!

I have no plan to "use it as". It will probably end up as an objective marker. Unless I proxi it as a Manipulus with Magnarail, or a Skratos with Transuranic arquebus. I am not really convinced by the latter and I already have enough Manipulus... So, one in one, it will spend most of its time on shelf and will be seldomly used and only in very specific contexts (scenario...). Objective marker is the most probable case of use I see in fact.  

what are you using it as? (the gun)

I like the head and arm swap.